13 MAD FOLD-INS: An AL JAFFEE Celebration

Posted By on Jul 4, 2019 | 1 comment

Selected by the folks at Mad Magazine themselves!

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UPDATED 7/4/19: Mad Magazine is ceasing production of new material. (Mostly. Click here.) Seemed like a good time to re-present this piece from 2016. — Dan

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Usually it’s 13 COVERS when one of the greats celebrates a birthday. Al Jaffee, who’s now 95? 13 Mad Fold-Ins!

Now, we could have gone all retro, but the beautiful thing is that this selection shows just how vibrant Jaffee is now. (That last one is his most recent.) Not to sound like a condescending tool, but good lord do I hope I still have it at 95.

Here they are, in chronological order. (Dates are pubdates.)

Issue #87, June 1964

Issue #87, June 1964

fold in 87

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Issue #201, Sept. 1978

Issue #201, Sept. 1978

201 closed

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Issue #486, Feb. 2008

Issue #486, Feb. 2008

MAD486 FoldIn folded

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Issue #490, June 2008

Issue #490, June 2008

MAD490 FoldIn folded

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Issue #501, Oct. 2009

Issue #501, Oct. 2009

501 closed

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Issue #520, April 2013

Issue #520, April 2013

MM520_C3_FOLDIN

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Issue #523, Oct. 2013

Issue #523, Oct. 2013

MAD Magazine 523 Fold-in Closed

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Issue #524, Dec. 2013

Issue #524, Dec. 2013

MM524_C3_FOLDINax

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Issue #525, Feb. 2014

Issue #525, Feb. 2014

MAD Magazine 525 Fold-in 2

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Issue #529, Oct. 2014

Issue #529, Oct. 2014

MAD Magazine 529 Fold-#1194

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Issue #530, Dec. 2014

Issue #530, Dec. 2014

530 folded

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Issue #535, Oct. 2015

Issue #535, Oct. 2015

535 folded

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Issue #537, Feb. 2016

Issue #537, Feb. 2016

537 folded

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MORE

— 13 COVERS: A Salute to MAD MAGAZINE. Click here.

— 13 DON MARTIN CARTOONS: A Salute. Click here.

Author: Dan Greenfield

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  1. Bob Boynton

    March 13, 2020

    I never knew. Always there but not seen by most

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